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August 9,1959

Visiting Team

Kansas City Athletics (51-58)

Home Team

New York Yankees (55-55)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

11

Ballpark

Yankee Stadium I

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

23,406

Time of Game

2:39

Umpires

[HP]: Eddie Hurley [1B]: Bob Stewart [2B]: Ed Runge [3B]: Joe Paparella

Kansas City Athletics 2 New York Yankees 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Athletics	KC1	51-58		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0		2	9	1		6	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
New York Yankees	NYA	55-55		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	1		0	1		3	7	1		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Athletics - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Tuttle	cf	30.036	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.283		102	823
2	Russ Snyder	lf	25.048	L	5	1	2	2		0	1	.329		30	30
3	Roger Maris	rf	24.333	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.304		81	342
4	Dick Williams	3b	30.094	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.278		91	530
5	Jerry Lumpe	ss	26.068	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.248		84	225
6	Kent Hadley	1b	24.235	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.229		82	85
7	Frank House	c	29.172	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.251		70	581
8	Wayne Terwilliger	2b	34.043	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.269		47	552
9	Ned Garver	p	33.227	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.327		23	253
	Preston Ward	ph	32.016	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.220		53	572
	Murry Dickson	p	42.353	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.273		26	295
Totals

Errors: Kent Hadley

HR: Russ Snyder (1)

RBI: Russ Snyder 2 (5)

SH: Kent Hadley (2)

GDP: Russ Snyder (1), Roger Maris (4)

CS: Kent Hadley (3)

New York Yankees - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bobby Richardson	2b	23.355	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.266		89	274
2	Tony Kubek	rf	23.301	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.284		87	352
3	Mickey Mantle	cf	27.293	B	4	0	0	0		1	1	.284		102	1176
4	Elston Howard	c	30.167	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.273		83	491
5	Hector Lopez	3b	30.032	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.276		103	635
6	Norm Siebern	lf	26.014	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.265		94	282
7	Marv Throneberry	1b	25.341	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.187		52	113
8	Clete Boyer	ss	22.181	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.132		17	138
	Yogi Berra	ph	34.089	L	1	1	1	1		0	0	.287		93	1295
9	Eli Grba	p	25.000	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.182		8	8
	Bobby Shantz	p	33.317	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.238		32	286
Totals

Errors: Hector Lopez

HR: Elston Howard (14), Yogi Berra (16)

RBI: Elston Howard (50), Norm Siebern (45), Yogi Berra (49)

HBP: Elston Howard (2)

SB: Bobby Richardson (4)

Kansas City Athletics - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ned Garver	R		7.0	5	1	1	1	2	0		3.67	1.22		25	241
2	Murry Dickson	R	L 2-1	3.0	2	2	2	0	1	2		3.61	1.39		26	300
Totals				0.0

HB: Ned Garver (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ned Garver (0-0-0), Murry Dickson (0-0-0)

New York Yankees - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Eli Grba	R		8.0	8	2	2	2	0	1		3.71	1.41		8	8
2	Bobby Shantz	L	W 7-3	3.0	1	0	0	1	3	0		2.28	1.03		30	261
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Eli Grba (0-0-0), Bobby Shantz (0-0-0)